[MUST READ] NP reduction

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Today marks the start of the new year, and as such everyone in the Apex team wishes you a very happy new year!

What we'll be doing today will lay the groundwork for Apex in the future. We know it may come as a blow to you personally, but everyone is equally affected.
Here are some of the future updates we will be pushing now that this band aid has been ripped off:

1. We will be adding gear to the NP store (purchasable with NP, not LP), which'll allow you to advance your character.
2. We will be adding expanded rewards for those on the monthly ranking board (up to the top 200, subject to change), indulging more of you (and more newcomers!) in some sweet upgrades by simply playing.
3. We will be adding a weekly ranking board, which will also be used to reward a whole bunch of you with some gear.
4. We will be able to activate PK more easily by triggering NP events at certain times, to quickly (re)populate Ronark Land after events (and during downtimes).
5. We will be changing how PK rewards work; You will be able to obtain gear simply by PK'ing, with special events running to spice up what you can get, consistently, and randomly.
6. We will be able to create an environment that allows us to provide you with more competition and activity throughout the whole day by giving more incentive to keep the nation's balanced.
7. We might even dabble with seasons and seasonal tournaments now that the monthly ranking will actually be that, a monthly ranking, rather than a "who's bought their medals the latest" ranking.

These updates won't come all at once, and some will come later than others, but we hope this will give you a clear view of where we want to take Apex, and we hope it gives you something to look forward to in 2019!

For those unaware, what we've done is the following:
1. Reduced everyone's national points by 90%
2. Reduced everyone's donated national points by 90%
3. Reduced the requirements for clans to advance grades
4. Reduced the cost for capes (except for the new Castellan capes)
5. Remove the medal merchants in Moradon, El Morad Castle, and Luferson Castle

NOTE: Previously purchased medals will NOT be removed, you are free to keep them, or exchange them, as you wish.